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also has a stained glass window, presented in 1878. Union Church, a pleasing edifice in the Italian style of architecture, with a spire, and containing accommodation for about 500 persons, formerly stood in Staunton Street, but was rebuilt in 1890, on the plan of the old building, on a new site above the Kennedy Road, together with a parsonage adjoining. This church possesses an organ, and the three rose windows are filled with stained glass. The Roman Catholic Cathedral is situated in Glenealy ravine, near the Botanic Gardens, and is a large structure in the Gothic style; the bell tower is at present incomplete, and the central tower is furnished with an insignificant wooden apology for a spire. It was opened for worship in 1888. S. Joseph's Church, in Garden Road, is a neat edifice erected in 1876 on the site of one destroyed by the great typhoon of 1874; S. Francis Church, at Wanchai, and the Church of the Sacred Heart, at West Point, are small and unattractive structures. There is a Jewish Synagogue in Staunton Street, and a Mahomedan Mosque in Shelley Street. There are also several Protestant mission chapels. S. Joseph's College, a school for boys managed by the Christian Brothers (Roman Catholic), occupies a large and handsome building on a prominent site below Robinson Road. The Italian Convent, in Caine Road, educates a large number of girls, and brings up many orphans gratuitously. The Asile de la Sainte Enfance, in Queen's Road East, is in the hands of French Sisters, who receive and train up numbers of Chinese foundlings. The Roman Catholics also possess a Reformatory at West Point for Chinese boys, which is efficiently managed. Other denominations likewise support establishments of the same character, conspicuous among which are the Diocesan Home and Orphanage, the Berlin Foundling Hospital on Bonham Road, and which has a neat little chapel attached (in which services according to the Lutheran creed are performed). the Baxter Vernacular School, the Victoria Female Home and Orphanage, &c. St. Paul's College, situated between Pedder's Hill and Glenealy Ravine, was erected in 1850, and was originally founded for the purpose of giving a theological training to young
Chinese and others intended for the ministry of the Anglican Church, but is now an ordinary school. A small chapel is attached. The college is the residence of the Bishop of Victoria, who is its warden.
The Protestant, Roman Catholic, Parsee, Jewish, and Mahomedan Cemeteries occupy sites in Wong-nai Chung Valley, and are kept in good order. The principal Chinese cemetery is on the slopes of Mount Davis, near the Pokfolum Road, and is dismally bare and injudiciously crowded. The Protestant Cemetery is almost a rival to the Public Gardens, being charmingly situated and admirably laid out with fountain, flower beds, and ornamental shrubs.
INSTITUTIONS.
There are several Clubs in the Colony. The principal are the Hongkong Club, in Queen's Road opposite to the Post Office; the Club Germania in Wyndhamn Street, and the Lusitano Club in Shelley Street, There are also the Victoria Recreation Club, which possesses Bath and Boat houses and Gymnasium on the Praya near the Cricket Ground, a Cricket Club, a Football Club, a Polo Club, Racquet Club, and Golf Club, a Rifle Association, and a Yacht Club; and an Athletic Club, lately formed, intends to lay out a large piece of ground at Bowrington for tennis courts, running tracks, etc. The Ladies Recreation Club have several prettily laid out tennis courts and a Pavi- lion in their grounds on the Peak Road, just above the Service Reservoir.
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce have a room in the City Hall, and meet annually. The Committee form its executive, and the Chamber is frequently asked by the Government for its opinion on questions affecting commerce. The Freemasons are a numerous body, having no less than nine lodges. The Freemasons Hall, erected in 1865, is situated in Zetland Street, and belongs to the parent lodge, the Zetland. There is also a lodge of Good Templars. The Sailors Home occupies a site on the Praya at West Point, and there is a Mission to Seamen. The British Mercantile Marine Officers Association and the Institution of Marine Engineers have been formed and watch over the interests of those professions. The Hongkong Benevolent Society has lately come into existence, and does good work among the indigent waifs occasionally cast destitute on the Colony. Among other institutions not previously mentioned are the St. Andrew's Society, primarily established to ensure the fitting celebration of the anniversary Scotland's patron saint; the Hongkong Sketching Club, and the Horticultural Society. The annual races are held at the latter end of February, under the auspices of the Hongkong Jockey Club, on the Race Course in Wong-nai Chung Valley at the east end of the town, a beautiful spot enclosed by fir-clad hills. On this occasion the whole colony makes holiday, and the stands and course are crowded with one of the most motley collections of humanity to be seen in any part of the world. A regatta is held in December in the harbour, but it does not evoke the same enthusiasm as the races.
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